Presidential Vote
Planned Here
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THE TWIG
Newspaper of the Students of Meredith College
Coffeehouse Nears
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Vol. XLII
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C., JANUARY 18, 1968
No. 7
Religious Emphasis Week
Sclieduled February 5-9
Aelnities Will Develop “New Whe” Thene
Marionettes of Llords* “International” perfonn “Pas de Deux’
Dell* Arte,”
from “Commedia
Religious Emphasis Week, sched
uled for February 5 through 9, will
center on the theme, “New Wine.”
According to Alice Smith, chair
man of the event, various activities
are planned for the week. In addi
tion to regular chapel services, films,
some of which were made on the
Meredith campus, will be shown
throughout the week, and dorm dis
cussions will be held on topics of
particular interest to young people.
Daily convocations are planned from
Monday through Thursday at 4:00
in the coffeehouse. At this time
Selections from "Foust" Will Comprise Program
Marionette Company to Perform Here
By BELINDA SMITH
A company of more than seven
hundred marionettes will be pre
sented to Meredith students and
guests on January 26, at 8:00 in
, Jones Auditorium. Llords’ “Interna
tional,” America’s puppet theatre
for adults, is the third in the col
lege Concerts and Lectures Series.
From the company of marionettes
that he has created himself, Daniel
Llords has selected characters for
the ballet music from the opera
“Faust.” This visual interpretation
will be presented as it was created
for appearances in Canada and in
the United States.
Color, charm, and choreography
are combined in the ma^cal scenes
of the Faust legend. The materiali
zation of Mephistopheles in a cloud
of smoke, the fires of hell that
leap up to claim the .soul of Faust,
and the three temptations are pic
tured. Also included are Cleopatra
riding an elephant, the birth of
Venus on the half-shell, and Salome
presenting her dance of the seven
veils.
Llords’ ‘International’ has been
described by critics as “dynamic,”
“a touch of genius,” and “the most
brilliant piece of virtuosity on the
concert stage today.”
Other Concerts and Lecturcs
events included Mr. Sam Ragan,
executive editor of The Nem- and
Observer, who spoke on “The
Courts and Obscenity” and Dr.
Theodore Ropp of Duke University,
who spoke on “The News Media
and War.”
Student chairman for the com
mittee is Judy Kornegay. Faculty
chairman is Dr. Frank Grubbs.
students will be given the oppor
tunity to talk to guest speakers.
The main speaker for the week
will be Dr. Jack R. Noffsingcr. Mr.
Edgar D. Christman, Dr. Charles E.
Boddie, and Dr. Ethel M. Nash will
also take part.
Dr. Noffsinger is pastor of the
Knollwood Baptist Church in Win
ston-Salem and has participated in
religious focus weeks at many south
ern colleges, including Meredith in
1963. He graduated from the Uni
versity of Richmond and from Col-
gate-Rochester Baptist Theological
Seminary. His interest in young peo
ple is clearly expressed in his book.
It’s Your Turn Now. A Meredith
trustee. Dr. Noffsinger spoke to
counsel groups at Meredith on No
vember 7 on “Emotional Maturity.”
Dr. Christman is also from Win
ston-Salem and now serves as as
sistant chaplain and Baptist Student
Union director at Wake Forest Uni
versity. He was graduated from
Wake Forest University, Southeast
ern Seminary, and Union Theologi
cal Seminary. Dr. Christman is also
a member of the North Carolina
Bar.
Dr. Boddie is president of the
American Baptist College of the
Bible and American Baptist Semi
nary in Nashville. He holds degrees
from Syracuse, Colgate-Rochester
Divinity School, and the University
of Rochester. His special ties are
song feasts and young people.
Dr. Nash is now serving as clini-
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Dr. .lack Noffsinger
January Graduates Named,
Formal Exercises Eliminated
Mr. Daniel Llords
Meredith Shares
Grant from Mobil
With Other Schools
The Mobil Foundation, Incorpor
ated, has contributed $5,000 to the
North Carolina Foundation of
Church Related Colleges.
The contribution was a part of
Mobil Oil Corporation’s national
Aid-to-Education Program, which
has made substantial gifts to thirty-
four state and regional associations
of the Independent College Funds
of America. The ICFA represents
state and regional associations at the
national level, providing business
with a unified approach for con
tributing to over 500 private col
leges of America.
R. Jones Goode, Jr., North Caro
lina area manager for Mobil, made
the presentation in Raleigh to Dr.
E. Bruce Heilman, president of
Meredith College. Dr. Heilman ac
cepted on behalf of the North Caro
lina Foundation of Church Related
Colleges.
Besides Meredith, St. Mary’s Col
lege will share the gift with about
a dozen other church-related col
leges in North Carolina.
Fifteen Meredith students will
soon meet college requirements for
graduation.
This year, however, there will be
no formal graduation exercises in
January. The college administration
announced last year that it would
discontinue the services although the
students will be recognized as Mere
dith graduates. The students will
return for their diplomas in June it
the official graduation exercises of
the Class of 1968.
Those who will leave the college
at the end of exams on January 20
include the following: Betty C.
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Cherry, Elizabeth Howie Crutch
field, Claudia Curris Daniel, Mar
garet Anne Dulin, Phyllis Ann Ed
wards, Jan Turner Hall, Ann Estelle
Hill, Brenda Carole Jones, Toni
Kyle McKinney, Ruth Edna Mont
gomery, Ruth Rulk Rhodes, Mary
Frances Smith, Beveriy Wrenn
Treadwell, Barbara Dull Vanden-
burgh, and Betty Gwynne White.
Officers of the Class of 1968 in
clude Shan Pruitt, president; Di
ane Jackson, vice-president; Linda
Hagler, secretary; and Sandra
Holder, treasurer. The class sponsor
is Dr. Leslie Syron.
Students Will Participate
In TIME Spring Primary
Meredith students will join several million other college students in a
straw national presidential primary election this spring.
The primary is sponsored nationaUy by Choice ’68, a project of Time
Magazine. The ballots and publicity material for the primary will be
luraished by Time and Meredith students will operate voting polls
The election is scheduled for April 24 throughout the country and Time
expects several million students to vote. Voters will list their three choices
tor president. The first choice will be counted as a vote, and the other
preterences will be used for statistical analysis.
The ballot will also include three or four referendum questions of
nauonal importance. The voter will be given a choice of several positions
on each of the questions.
The voter will indicate his age and poUtical party affiliation or prefer
ence. The presidential candidates will be grouped by party; however stu
dents will be allowed to cross party lines. ’
Immediately following the voUng, ballots will be sent to computer
centers for tabulation. Each school will announce the results of the balloting
on their respective campus simultaneously with the announcement of the
national results.
The aim of the program is to “create increased interest and participation
m national politics among students, and promote a greater dialogue between
students and those in positions of national leadership.”
History Institute Planned for Teachers
Dr. Gates to Head Six-Week Asian Study This Summer
CALENDAR
Second semester registration—Thurs>
day, January 2S
Classes resume—Friday, January 16
Llords’ “International'’—FrMay, ian*
uary 26
Rush Week—January 30—February 2
Rell^oas Emphads Week—February
Founder!’ Day—'l^iesday, February 27
By CATHEY RODGERS
Thirty - five secondary school
teachers of history and social studies
will study on the Meredith campus
this summer.
From June 10 to July 19 the
teachers from North Carolina and
surrounding states will participate in
the National Defense Education As
sociation Summer Institute Program
for advanced studies in Asian his
tory, particularly the history of
India and China.
This program, conceived and in
stigated by Dr. Rosalie Gates of the
Meredith history department, will
be supported by a grant from the
United States Office of Education.
Leading authorities in various
areas of the history and cultures of
the Indian sub>continent and of
China will lecture daily.
Workshop sessions two afternoons
each week will explore selected
problems of Asian history and ways
of historical understanding with Dr.
Barbara Parramore. Examples of
modern audio-visual and other in
struction materials will be examined
by the teachers. Participants par
ticularly interested in in-school tele
vision will have an opportunity to
explore effective uses of television
in the classroom. In addition, oc
casional evening lectures, art per
formances, and field trips will be
scheduled.
The thirty-five applicants ac
cepted for the program will work
under outstanding scholars in the
field of Asian history. The six-week
institute will be divided into two
parts, three weeks devoted each to
India and China. Professor Rob
ert I. Crane, editor of the Journal
Of Asian Studies and Professor
Richard Park of the political science
department at the University of
Michigan head the three-week focus
on India.
The second part of the institute
concerning China will be led by
Robert A. Rupen, professor of poli
tical science at Chapel Hill.
Associated courses on geography,
economics, and philosophies of Asia
will be taught by the following: John
Douglas Eyre, department of ge
ography, University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill; Charies E. Rat
liff, Jr., department of economics,
Davidson College; Herbert P. Sulli
van of Duke University; and Irm-
gard Johnson of the University of
Florida at Gainesville.
The director of the institute, Dr.
Rosalie P. Gates, teaches the
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